LtERMANY has demanded the abolition of the 26 per k•-• ,1 cent. duty which is levied on German exports under _the:British and French Reparation Acts. The British and French...

at all events of the power to levy the duty, means a kind of additional reparation payment she is mistaken. At least she is mistaken if she attributes to this country the...

literally the functions prescribed for him in the Dawes 77 Scheme. The 26 per cent. duty, which has become the 7 7 4 subject of this heated agitation, was originally introduced...

life of the Sirdar, Sir Lee Stack, under conditions which would be scarcely possible except in Egypt and Ireland. The Sirdar was driving in broad daylight and in a crowded...

including postage to any part of the world.

no doubt, sincere. The Egyptians have nothing to gain and everything to lose by such atrocities, and probably the officials know it. Nevertheless, Zaghlul Pasha and his...

consternation by announcing that his health no longer permitted him to remain in office and that he had just tendered his resignation to King Fuad. Both Houses immediately...

assumed that so much of the dislike of the Geneva Protocol comes from those who at heart mistrust the whole idea of the League. It is certain that there are a great many ardent...

in the (Euvre of extracts which are said to have been taken from the note-books of the late M. Georges Louis. M. Louis was French Ambassador at St. Petersburg from 1909 to 1913,...

with regard to the Sudan and the retention of British troops in Egypt earned for him, of course, a good deal of criticism, the bitterness of which was in proportion to the...

to amnesty M. Caillaux. Since 1918 he had forfeited all civil rights and had also been for some time in prison. In the circumstances of the War his con- viction was...

the official papers that Russia mobilized before war was certain. Those who lay, as we do, by far the greatest proportion of the blame upon Germany recognize that Russia could...

in which he said that much of the criticism of the Geneva Protocol came from persons who really objected to the principle of the League of Nations as such. " When a policy is...

against external opponents but is also suffering from an internal struggle which must be decided before the party can make outward progress. The Daily News of Friday, November...

the future of British shipping by Lord Inchcape which was cheerful reading. Lord Inchcape declares his belief that the needs of the world in the way of manu- factures,...

will be urged when Parliament meets to restore penny postage. As the Post Office has a surplus there is no reason at all why he should not do this. If, however, the principle on...

forty Liberal members the end of Mr. Lloyd George's great influence in the party would be within sight, but it seems that Mr. Lloyd George's followers have a slight majority....

new Air Station at Cardington, near Bedford. It is proposed that Cardington shall be the departure and arrival point for airships carrying Imperial mails. The great airship,...

was the really original thing in his agita- tion, that a uniform 1d. postage for all distances would pay. He based his belief on the fact that the handling of a letter—that is...

in the Anglo-Persian Oil Company. The British Govern- mentowns five million out of roughly nine million ordinary shares issued by the Company. Last year an offer of a little...

July 5th, 1923, 5 per cent. War Loan was on Thursday, 1011a - ; Thursday week, 101). ; a year ago, 1001. 3k per cent. Conversion Loan was on Thursday, 79 ; Thursday week, 791 ;...

THE SLUM AND THE EMERGENCY HOUSE " rr IESE are things," said Cromwell to his Parliament, " for which God will call you to answer." Why will not Mr. Baldwin "tell the new...

THE LIBERAL-LABOUR WAR A CURIOUS situation has once again arisen in the polities of the country. Politics are always the story of a struggle and almost always the story of a...

By SIR ALFRED HOPKINSON' F ARLY in October the twenty- fi fth anniversary of 4 the opening of the John Rylands Library was celebrated in Manchester, but theoccasion was one of...

SOME GERMAN OPINIONS A VISIT to Germany confirms the impression that opinion there generally welcomes the Dawes plan. It is considered by a long way the. most hopeful basis for...

1 1RERE is on this continent a combat between a certain type of theological orthodoxy and Science --between the literalism of the " lower " and more old- fashioned Protestant...

B IRD Protection in England, which has since the outset of this century risen from the limbo of crank reforms to ir height of which its founders hardly dared to dream, would yet...

THE " WEEK-END COTTAGE " IN the course of the last twenty years the habit has grown up among many well-to-do Londoners of spending Saturday and Sunday of every week in small...

SCOTTISH RULERS AND BRITISH SENTIMENTS [To the Editor of the SPECTATOR.] SIR,—Although we English hold our Scottish fellow-subjects in the greatest esteem and respect, it is a...

CARICATURES BY "QUIZ" (POWYS EVANS) CARICATURE might be termed the art of proportionate emphasis. The caricaturist's results are obtained by a process of disintegration. If we...

[To the Editor of the SPECTATOR.] Sin,—Theoretically it is 'a simple and easy thing for a working man to become the owner of his home. All he need do is to find out the price,...

[To the Editor of the SPECTATOR.] SIR,—Your correspondent, Mr. Barnes-Austin, in the Spectator of November 8th, outlines a programme of what he considers " the country expects...

[To the Editor of the SPECTATOR.]' SIR,—The news of Edwin Montagu's untimely death, at the age 'of 46, must have come to all his friends, and to many others alSo who knew hirii...

[To the Editor of the SPECTATOR.] Sin —I have read the article on the Guild Company by Mr. Stirling Taylor, which appears to be offered as a new scheme to restore the ,harmony...

[To the Editor of the SPECTATOR.] enterprising elementary school-master, in a tiny Welsh village, has lately started a bi-lingual school magazine with Welsh and English...

[To the Editor of the SPECTATOR.] SIR,—In Mr. Broad's pamphlet describing this Scheme under heading 16, it is stated that the Employers' contribution " will be raised from Is....

[To the Editor of the SPECTATOR.] SIR,—May I add a further suggestion to those already given in your valuable paper on the subject of Domestic Service ? In recent years new and...

[To the Editor of the SPECTATOR.] SIR, —May I crave space in your columns for what follows ? Journalism as a profession is governed by circumstances peculiar to itself. It can...

NIGHT-FLOW El ING CAlIPION Close on the bat-crossed hour I waited for a flower By light grown visible Burning the vivid hill. Pimpernel in night-bud Showed like small drops...

[To the Editor of the SPECTATOR.] SIR,—Samuel Butler, in his Alps and Sanctuaries, mentions the curious attraction which human companionship has for the Red Admiral butterfly. I...

[To the Editor of the SPECTATOR.] " He that doeth Evil, hath not seen God. " SIR,—To those whose path through life is strewn with rose leaves I appeal for help for those who...

letters in answer to mine on Domestic Service as a Profession for Gentlewomen all seem to agree that 'training is necessary for this work, but at the same time protest strongly...

THE LURE OF LONDON [COPYRIGHT IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA BY TUE New York Times.] London. By Sidnsy Dark. With illustrations by Joseph Pennell. (Mscmillan. 25s. net.)...

"fun daily press has been greatly indignant with Dr. James Moffatt for publishing his new translation of The Old Testament, Vol. I., Genesis to Esther (Hodder and Stoughton)....

Recent Books for reference -:— The Story of the Jewish - People. Vol. II. By Jack M. Myers. (Kagan Paul. 3s. 6d. net.) Essays on Jewish Life and Thought. The letters• of...

Miss Bedell, and Other Poems. By Claude Colleer Alibott. (Chatto and Windus. 3s. net.) Exile. By Benj. Gilbert Brooks. (Privately printed ,Dijon, 1923. 2s. 6d. net.) The...

A Game Ranger's Notebook. By A. Blayney Percival. Edited by E. D. Cuming. (Nisbet. 18s.) The African Elephant and its Hunters. By Denis D. LyelL (Heath Cranton. 10s. 6d.) In the...

The Master and His Boys. By Stanley S. Harris, with a Preface by the Rev. H. R. L. Sheppard, of St. Martin•in-the-Fields. (Winchester : Warren and Son, Ltd. 3s. 6d. net.) WHEN a...

THE " dignity of history," as Carlyle has said, has too often buckramed up poor history into a dead mummy ; for which reason we turn with pleasant curiosity to the annals of old...

AMERICA'S DON QUIXOTE. How Henry Ford Tried to Save Europe. By Louis Paul Lochner, Secretary of the Ford Peace Ship. (Kegan Paul. 10s. 6d.) Tuts is the tale of a...

an abridgment of Grove's Dictionary of Music and Musicians, and it seems strange that Messrs. Macmillan, who are shortly bringing out an enlarged and up-to-date edition of...

Jessie M. King. (G. T. Foulis and Co. 6s. net.) This publicaticai from Benn's comes at a very opportune time— when the ancient art of Batik is beginning to be modernized into a...

WHERE IS FANCY BRED ? A FANTASY must set a hard problem for a critic who believes stalwartly in Realism. Where everything is impossible, what faculty of judgment can he bring...

Bee.0 Geste. By P. C. Wren. (John Murray. 7s. 6d. net.) —This novel has cne of the best sensational openings which have appeared for years. The description of the fort in the...

essay in a new field of artistic expression. We pay her the compliment of taking her seriously as a novelist when we say that she has not complete mastery of a technique which...

Mr. Anstey had never written about the Arabian Djinn who escaped from the bottle Mr. Darlington's Egbert would be an original and amusing book. Unfortunately, however, the...

ad. net.)—The Unlit Lamp. By Radclyffe Hall. (Cassell. 7s. 6d. net.)—Both The Scrap Heap and The Unlit Lamp present pictures concerned with the actions and reactions of women on...

PUBLIC AND PRIVATE [By OUR CITY EDITOR.] DEBT REDEMPTION o a Editor of the SPECTATOR.] Sin,—Although the Government conversion operation announced during the past week is not...

surprising adventures of an American journalist in Paris. The main part of the book is successful enough to compensate for a decidedly clumsy opening.

Od. net.)—A sentimental little story of a budding school friendship between two girls of different social status, which is put an end to by death. The indirect results, however,...

Among' the many capital flotations expected in the not distant future must be included the large Greek Loan ; and although I believe it will be of an inter- national character,...